Sport board stand

ABSTRACT

A Sport Board Stand has a Base, a Main Member protruding from the Base, perpendicular to the Base Top Surface, and a plurality of Cross Members protruding from the Main Member perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the Main Member. Sport boards are placed on the Sport Board Stand, between any pair of Cross members, with the longitudinal axis of the sport board relatively parallel to the longitudinal axis of the Main Member, and a wide surface of the sport board relatively planar to one of the Cross Members between which it has been placed. The weight of the sport board is rested on the Base of the Sport Board Stand and a wide surface of the sport board is rested or leaned against one of the Cross Members between which it has been placed. In addition, a means of securing sport boards is provided via Flexible Cords protruding from the Main Member, elastic enough and long enough to reach the distal ends of the Cross Members. A Flexible Cord is pulled around the sport board and the Flexible Cord Retaining Loop is secured to the Flexible Cord Retaining Portion at the distal end of the Cross Member against which the sport board is rested or leaned.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The field of the present invention relates to the scalable design of astand for the storage and/or display of sport boards, skis, poles, wetsuites, and other sports equipment and the like.

There are known several types of sporting board racks and hangars,equipment racks and other types of stands, racks and hangars, none ofwhich have the features, scalability or utility of this invention.

A very small number of the known patents and applications are listedbelow;

United States Patents

739275 Sep. 22, 1903 Abbe 211/67 1292314 Jan. 21, 1919 Hays 211/1634807763 Feb. 28, 1989 Jankovsky 211/60.1 4971593 Nov. 20, 1990 Mayhall211/70 5318189 Jun. 07, 1994 Lee 211/205 5833079 Nov. 10, 1998 Roberts211/85.7 5862924 Jan. 26, 1999 Dumont 211/85.7

United States Patent Applications

200630132180 Jul. 17, 2003 Chen 211/85.7 20060163182 Jul. 27, 2006Borseth 211/85.7

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the present invention to provide various sizes ofsport board stands for the storage and/or display of sport boards, skis,poles, wet suites, and other sports equipment and the like. Thescalability of this invention includes varying the number of CrossMembers and Flexible Cords to accommodate more or fewer boards. TheSport Board Sands, once built, will not have scaleable or more or fewerparts rather the design is scaleable such that changing the measurementsof various parts, increasing or decreasing the number of Cross Membersand Flexible Cords enables Sport Board Stands of various sizes to beproduced to accommodate different sizes and different numbers of sportboards. For example, a large size Sport Board Stand could accommodatesurfboards, and/or water skis, and/or snow skis, and/or poles and thelike. An intermediate size Sport Board Stand could accommodate skimboards, and/or knee boards, and/or wake boards, and/or body boards,and/or boogie boards and the like. And a small size Sport Board Standcould accommodate skate boards and/or roller boards and the like.

DRAWINGS Brief Description of the Drawings

FIG. 1 is an elevation view of the assembled Sport Board Stand.

FIG. 2 is a close up view of the distal ends of a cross member and aflexible retaining cord.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the assembled Sport Board Stand.

FIG. 4 is an elevation view of the assembled Sport Board Stand withdesign and manufacturing details for assembly using modular parts.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the assembled Sport Board Stand with design andmanufacturing details for assembly using modular parts.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Referring to FIG. 1 we see an elevation view, with partial crosssection, of an assembled Sport Board Stand, wherein the Cross Membersare installed into the Main Member, perpendicular to the longitudinalaxis of the Main Member and parallel to each other in the horizontal orelevation plane. The Cross Members are also shown angularly offset fromeach other, axially about the longitudinal axis of the Main Member. TheMain Member is inserted into the Main Member Retaining Portion which isaffixed to the Top Surface of the Base. Additionally, we can see thatthe Bottom Surface of the Base sits atop of and is supported by theWheel Retaining Portions, which sit atop of and are supported by theWheels.

Referring to FIG. 2 we see a close up view of one of the cross membersand its flexible cord retaining portion, and the distal end of one ofthe flexible cords and its retaining loop, wherein as shown theretaining loop is temporarily affixed to the flexible cord retainingportion in the prescribed fashion for retaining a sport board.

Referring to FIG. 3 we see a plan view of an assembled Sport BoardStand, wherein the Cross Members are installed into the Main Member,perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the Main Member and angularlyoffset from each other, axially about the longitudinal axis of the MainMember. The Main Member is shown inserted into the Main Member RetainingPortion which is affixed to the Top Surface of the Base, and isrelatively centrally located on the Base Top Surface.

Referring to FIG. 4 we see an elevation view of an assembled Sport BoardStand with design and manufacturing details for modular construction.The graphics of the modular parts shown will vary slightly between sizesof Sport Board Stands. The number of modular parts will vary on the billof materials depending on the number of sport boards to be accommodated.Additionally, dimension details of the modular parts shown will varyaccordingly on drawings for each size of Sport Board Stand. The detailshown in this drawing is a method by which the Cross Member RetainingApertures, Flexible Cord Retaining Apertures and Flexible Cord RetainingPortions can be modularized. In this case, there exists one design foreach of the different pieces, each of which can be scaled to fit theappropriate Main Member and Cross Members for the Sport Board Standbeing built.

Referring to FIG. 5 we see a plan view of an assembled Sport Board Standfrom below with design and manufacturing details for modularconstruction and integrated support construction of the Base. Thegraphics of the modular parts shown will vary slightly between sizes ofSport Board Stands. The number of modular parts will vary on the bill ofmaterials depending on the number of sport boards to be accommodated.Additionally, dimension details of the modular parts shown will varyaccordingly on drawings for each size of Sport Board Stand. The Basewill be fabricated as one piece with the design intent of supporting theweight of the Sport Board Stand, a full compliment of sport boards andother sport equipment and the like. The detail shown in this drawing isa method by which the Base can be modularized. In this case there existsone design for the Base, which can be scaled appropriately to fit theSport Board Stand being built.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 define the unique utility of a Sport Board Stand whileFIGS. 4 and 5 demonstrate the preferred embodiment. A modular design isintended to aid manufacturing, packaging and shipping. It is alsointended that Sport Board Stands be manufactured from water resistantand corrosion resistant materials wherever possible.

1. A freestanding stand for the storage and/or display of sport boards,skis, poles, wet suites, and other sports equipment and the like,comprising of; a Base (1); a Main Member Retaining Portion (2),extending from said base, said Main Member Retaining Portion defining aBase Top Surface, said Base Top Surface being substantially parallel tosaid Base; a Main Member (3), protruding from said Main Member RetainingPortion, wherein the longitudinal axis of said Main Member issubstantially perpendicular to said Base Top Surface; a plurality ofCross Member Retaining Apertures (4), penetrating said Main Member, saidCross Member Retaining Apertures being substantially perpendicular tothe longitudinal axis of said Main Member and said Cross MemberRetaining Apertures being angularly displaced from one another, axiallyabout the longitudinal axis of said Main Member; a plurality of FlexibleCord Retaining Apertures (7), penetrating said Main Member, saidFlexible Cord Retaining Apertures being substantially perpendicular tothe longitudinal axis of said Main Member and said Flexible CordRetaining Apertures being angularly displaced from one another, axiallyabout the longitudinal axis of said Main Member; a plurality of CrossMembers (5), said Cross Members protruding from said Cross MemberRetaining Apertures; and a plurality of Flexible Cords (8), saidFlexible Cords protruding from said Flexible Cord Retaining Aperturesand being elastic and of length sufficient to reach the distal end of anearest Cross Member.
 2. The stand of claim 1, wherein a plurality ofWheel Retaining Portions (10), extend from said Base, said WheelRetaining Portions defining a Base Bottom Surface, said Base BottomSurface being substantially parallel to said Base Top Surface.
 3. Thestand of claim 2, wherein a plurality of Wheels (11), extend from saidWheel Retaining Portions.
 4. The stand of claim 3, wherein a FlexibleCord Retaining Portion (6), extends from each of the distal ends of eachof said Cross Members.
 5. The stand of claim 4, wherein a Flexible CordRetaining Loop (9), extends from the distal ends of each of saidFlexible Cords.